EX-99.1 2 a18-13332_1ex99d1.htm EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

 

Media Release

 

May 10, 2018

 

TELUS announces election of directors

All resolutions at annual meeting approved by large majority

 

Vancouver, B.C. — TELUS Corporation (TELUS) (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) announced today that the nominees listed in the information circular dated March 7, 2018 were elected as directors of TELUS. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors held at TELUS’ Annual General Meeting on May 10, 2018 (the Meeting) are set out below.

 

Each of the following 13 nominees proposed by management was elected as a director of TELUS:

 

Nominee

 

Votes For

 

% Votes For

 

Votes Withheld

 

% Votes
Withheld

 

R.H. (Dick) Auchinleck

 

328,666,122

 

98.47%

 

5,106,098

 

1.53%

 

Raymond T. Chan

 

332,174,611

 

99.52%

 

1,597,509

 

0.48%

 

Stockwell Day

 

331,475,162

 

99.31%

 

2,297,158

 

0.69%

 

Lisa De Wilde

 

333,060,258

 

99.79%

 

712,359

 

0.21%

 

Darren Entwistle

 

333,086,915

 

99.79%

 

685,768

 

0.21%

 

Mary Jo Haddad

 

330,859,105

 

99.13%

 

2,913,512

 

0.87%

 

Kathy Kinloch

 

333,199,744

 

99.83%

 

572,873

 

0.17%

 

William (Bill) A. MacKinnon

 

329,972,444

 

98.85%

 

3,823,247

 

1.15%

 

John Manley

 

331,741,739

 

99.38%

 

2,053,952

 

0.62%

 

Sarabjit (Sabi) Marwah

 

332,141,247

 

99.50%

 

1,653,952

 

0.50%

 

Claude Mongeau

 

333,167,857

 

99.81%

 

627,342

 

0.19%

 

David Mowat

 

331,681,902

 

99.37%

 

2,113,097

 

0.63%

 

Marc Parent

 

332,868,574

 

99.72%

 

926,425

 

0.28%

 

 

All matters voted on at the Meeting were approved as follows:

 

Matter

 

Votes For

 

% Votes For

 

Votes Withheld /
Against

 

% Votes
Withheld /
Against

 

Appointment of auditors

 

333,561,834

 

98.41%

 

5,406,126

 

1.59%

 

Advisory vote to accept TELUS’ approach to executive compensation

 

316,827,823

 

94.92%

 

16,965,901

 

5.08%

 

 


 

Final voting results on all matters voted on at the Meeting will be published shortly on www.telus.com/agm, and filed with the Canadian and U.S. securities regulators.

 

About TELUS

 

TELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is Canada’s fastest-growing national telecommunications company, with $13.6 billion of annual revenue and 13.1 million subscriber connections, including 8.9 million wireless subscribers, 1.8 million high-speed Internet subscribers, 1.3 million residential network access lines and 1.1 million TELUS TV customers. TELUS provides a wide range of communications products and services, including wireless, data, Internet protocol (IP), voice, television, entertainment and video and home security. TELUS is also Canada’s largest healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers business process solutions around the globe.

 

In support of our philosophy to give where we live, TELUS, our team members and retirees have contributed over $525 million to charitable and not-for-profit organizations and volunteered more than 8.7 million hours of service to local communities since 2000. Created in 2005 by President and CEO Darren Entwistle, TELUS’ 13 Canadian community boards and 5 International boards have led the Company’s support of grassroots charities and have contributed more than $67 million in support of 6,283 local charitable projects, enriching the lives of more than 2 million children and youth, annually. TELUS was honoured to be named the most outstanding philanthropic corporation globally for 2010 by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, becoming the first Canadian company to receive this prestigious international recognition.

 

For more information about TELUS, please visit telus.com

 

For more information, please contact:

Richard Gilhooley
TELUS Media Relations
(778) 868-0235
richard.gilhooley@telus.com